Brought to you by a team with over 40 years of experience, Leanvation offer a dedicated and expert approach to surgical gloving.
Executive Team
Steve was then approached by London International Group and returned to the UK as European Commercial Director for their Surgical gloves Division (Biogel), quickly moving to the position of Managing Director for EMEA and Asia Pacific. Following a merger with Seton Scholl Healthcare, Steve took over as MD of SSL International for Northern and Eastern Europe, a broad portfolio including FMCG, Shoe shops and pharmacy sales along with keeping responsibility for the enlarged Medical Division.
Steve left SSL to run a group of family owned printing and publishing companies in Lancashire before becoming part of an MBO/MBI Team that bought the Surgical Gloves division from SSL, taking Regent Medical private. The business then merged with Molnlycke Health Care and Medlock Medical with Steve taking over the global Regent operation of some 2,200 people.
In 2007 Steve decided to leave Molnlycke and is now involved in a number of ventures including Software, Cloud applications, Health and Safety, 3D Printing and Mining, as well as coaching and mentoring a number of owner/managers of SMEs. Steve is also a Non-Executive Director or Chairman of 3 companies.
Having witnessed strategic moves by established brands to reposition surgical gloves as a commodity item within the surgical product assortment, Jonathan founded Leanvation, partnering with Tony Downes and Steve King to launch the business in 2013.
“Time spent with clinicians across the globe taught me about the unique relationship that healthcare workers have with their surgical gloves. Far from being a commodity, they are one of the most important medical devices in the OR. Our dedication to the surgical gloves market and to listening to the needs of the healthcare community aims to recognise that. Just as we recognise that our greatest asset is the people in our team.”.
“Understanding customer need is central to the Leanvation business and that is why we have pulled together a team of consummate professionals with over 40 years of experience in servicing the surgical gloving community. At Leanvation we know just how important glove comfort and protection are to you. We also know that hospitals have limited storage space and would like to rationalise their stock holding. Leanvation offer all of these advantages in a simple, high quality, three glove range – with Leanvation, three gloves are all you need.”